Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-03
O'BRIEN In NEW YORK.
He DenOunces Lansdowne for Instigating
Attacks of the Canadian MObs.


NEW YORK, June 2.-Editor William
0'Brien arrived here this evening from
Boston.
After dining in private, Mr.. O'Brien was
conducted to the Academy of Music, where
most enthusiastic reception awaited him.
Long before his appearance on the stage,
the great auditorium was packed to its ut
most capacity.
Mayor Hewitt, ex-Mayor Grace and
other prominent citizens occupied seats on
the stage, which was decorated with inter
twined American and Irish flags. As soon
as Mr.. OBrien appeared storm of ap-
plause arose and lasted for several minutes.
Judge Brown, chairman, introduced the
editor of United Ireland, who was again re-
ceived with a long continued and most
enthusiastic roar of applause. Mr.. O'Brien
said:
"LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN: For the
first time have spent in this great re-
public, l am more and more astOunded
at the extent, the extraordinary extent, of
of American sympathy, (Applause) which
has been stirred to its utmost depths by
the events of the last few weeks in Can
ada. l tell you candidly that feel
pained and grieved at the praise
that you have so elOquently show
cred upon my head, for we know
IL. Ira1o nd
would not have been much only for Lans-
dOwne's action. Kisses for Lansdowne
and cheers for Gladstone. Lansdowne
has been a more successful apostle for Ire
land and the Irish cause than we could
ever be. Our feeble voices would only
have told the simple tale, but Lansdowne's
deeds in Ireland, and Lansdowne's mobs
Chowling) have told the tale all the world
over as eflectually as if it had been hlazOn-
ed by an archangels trumpet. We had
some horrible moments in Canada, but
that experience will lie lightly in my
memory when | remember that those in
cidentS have illustrated far more elaborate
ly than Il thousand of my speeches
could, the true character of landlordism
in Ireland and the terrible things evictions
are that are now being perpetrated in Ire
land. There is no man, who loves liberty,
or Justice, or the civilized world, who does
not know what n powerful force we
are fighting against; the forces of landlord
ism his cruel allies; force of
savage intolerance. How does the case
stand between us and LansdOwnc to-day?
Lansdownc has said everything he can
through the press, and believe his most
bitter partisan dares not stand up to-day
and say that single charge we have made
against IansdOwne has been denied
by himself We have convicted
him of having laid waste
whole stretch of cOuntry-layng it bare
of men, women and children. In a coun-
try where in 80 years not single crime
has been committed We have convicted
him of this awful crime which he has
committed rather than abate one iOta of
rack rent. We have convicted him of that
withOur any statement by Mr.. Kilbride.
or myself. We have convicted him by the
very land commission appointed by the
Tory government, and out of the mouth OF
his own agent and his own arbitrator. |
venture to think that Mr.. John Bright
ThOwls and misses i speak of him with
sorrow rather than in anger regret that
his life is ending in bitter winter rather than
in the egloriOussunset in which Gladstone's is
ending. Cheers and applause. He lMr.
Bright disapproves of my mission to Can
ada in the same breath as that in which he
calls Gladstone traitor shame lam not
sorry to he in such company. APP
plause. LansdOwne's acts have justified
us in coming here to convict him ont OF
his own mouth of the crime of which we
have charged him. If he has men in Can
ada to carry out his daboliCal work when
law can he called upon TO stop us from de-
nOuncing him, | will do it on the free soil
of America. But LansdOwne was not
satisfied with being damned as a
landlord, but he adds to his
guilt rs an evictor of the Irish people,
that of an instigatOr of crime and outrage.
Facts will bear me out. IansdOwne set
out for Toronto on the very day that we
started for Canada. He went there to per-
feet his devilish scheme and make himself
party to suppression of liberty of speech.